kaboom

See also: ka-boom

English

Alternative forms

• kerboom (UK)

Etymology

From ka- +‎ boom. Compare kerboom.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

kaboom (plural kabooms)

1. The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.
2. An explosion itself.

Translations

sound of explosion

• Finnish: jysäys, jytky (fi), jyrähdys (fi)
• Indonesian: jeder (id), duar
• Japanese: ドカン (dokan), ドカーン (dokān)
• Polish: łubudu
• Portuguese: kabuum
• Yoruba: gbàù

Interjection

kaboom

1. (mimesis) An explosion; the word is typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.

Translations

sound of an explosion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砰 (zh) (pēng), 劈裡啪啦／劈里啪啦 (zh) (pīlǐpālā), 轟隆／轰隆 (zh) (hōnglóng)

• Finnish: jytym
• Greek: καμπούμ (kampoúm)
• Japanese: ボーン (bōn)
• Persian: بووم (bûm)
• Russian: ба-ба́х (ba-báx) / баба́х (ru) (babáx), бах (ru) (bax), бум (ru) (bum), трах (ru) (trax), бух (ru) (bux), бац (ru) (bac)
• Thai: ตูม (th) (dtoom)